System and methods for connecting content promoters and artists for content promotion transactions

Abstract

A system and methods for connecting content promoters and artists to facilitate integration of an artist's content into a promoter's performance at an event. The system allows a promoter to publish available slots in an event that might be filled with an artist's content. The system provides a user interface that allows promoters to specify parameters that characterize available slots at the event. The parameters may provide details about the event, details about the slots for which the promoter will accept requests, the characteristics of the content the promoter would prefer to play in an available slot, and prices that the promoter charges for content to be played during the slot. Once the promoter provides the system the details of the available slots, the system allows the promoter to publish the event/slots and make the published events/slots available for review by artists.

I/We claim: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a computing system for connecting content promoters and artists for content promotion transactions, the method comprising:
 receiving, at a computing system, performance information comprising:
 parameters characterizing an event in which a content promoter will be participating, the parameters including a date and a time of the event; and 
 information about at least one available slot at the event during which the content promoter is willing to present digital media content, the information about each available slot at the event including characteristics of desired digital media content specified by the content promoter for the available slot and a price at which the content promoter is willing to present digital media content during the available slot; 
   publishing, by the computing system, the performance information, wherein the published performance information is accessible to multiple artists;   receiving, by the computing system, in response to the published performance information, an artist submission for an available slot at the event, the artist submission including digital media content associated with the artist;   providing, to the content promoter, the received digital media content associated with the artist;   receiving, from the content promoter, an indication that the received digital media content is accepted for the available slot; and   charging the artist the price associated with the available slot and remitting the charged price to the content promoter after the received digital media content has been presented by the content promoter.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the received digital media content is a music track. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the characteristics of desired digital media content include one or more of genre, vibe, tempo, or BPM. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the event is a setlist and the content promoter is a DJ. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information about each available slot at the event further includes a slot time or slot length. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the artist submission further includes a message to the promoter or characteristics of the submitted digital media content. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the event is a social media post, live stream, or other online performance and the promoter is an influencer. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the parameters characterizing the event further include an expected number of impressions. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating an interface to allow the content promoter to review received digital media content for the available slot prior to accepting digital media content for the available slot. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the available slot at the event is associated with a date and time for the available slot, the method further comprising:
 providing, to the content promoter at or before the date and time for the available slot, a reminder notification to present the received digital media content during the available slot.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 analyzing, by the computing system, the received digital media content for at least one of the characteristics of desired digital media content specified by the promoter.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the price at which the content promoter is willing to present digital media content during the available slot is an ask price, and wherein the artist submission includes a bid price for the available slot that is less than the ask price, the method further comprising:
 receiving, from the content promoter, an indication that the bid price for the available slot is accepted.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, at a computing system, performance information comprising:
 parameters characterizing an event in which a content promoter will be participating, the parameters including a date and a time of the event; and 
 information about at least one available slot at the event during which the content promoter is willing to present digital media content, the information about each available slot at the event including characteristics of desired digital media content specified by the content promoter for the available slot and a price at which the content promoter is willing to present digital media content during the available slot; 
   publishing, by the computing system, the performance information, wherein the published performance information is accessible to multiple artists;   receiving, by the computing system, in response to the published performance information, an artist submission for an available slot at the event, the artist submission including digital media content associated with the artist;   providing, to the content promoter, the received digital media content associated with the artist;   receiving, from the content promoter, an indication that the received digital media content is accepted for the available slot; and   charging the artist the price associated with the available slot and remitting the charged price to the content promoter after the received digital media content has been presented by the content promoter.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the event is a setlist, the content promoter is a DJ, and the received digital media content is a music track. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the characteristics of desired digital content include one or more of genre, vibe, tempo, or BPM. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the information about each available slot at the event further includes a slot time or slot length. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the artist submission further includes a message to the promoter or characteristics of the submitted digital media content. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the event is a social media post, live stream, or other online performance and the promoter is an influencer. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the parameters characterizing the event further include an expected number of impressions. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
 analyzing, by the computing system, the received digital media content for at least one of the characteristics of desired digital media content specified by the promoter.